Prometheus II

Location

Country: Austria
City: Vienna
Place: British Embassy

Born in Dunvant, a mining village near Swansea, Ceri Richards studied at Swansea School of Art. In the early 1920s, he attended the Royal College of Art where he later taught, in addition to teaching at the Slade and Chelsea School of Art. He often returned to the Gower Peninsula in Wales, which inspired his work. Richards became Head of Painting at Cardiff School of Art during the Second World War. In 1961 he won a gold medal at the National Eisteddfod and in 1962, won the Einaudi Painting Prize at the Venice Biennale. A versatile artist, he made prints, collages, reliefs, costume designs and paintings. He was a Tate Trustee from 1958 to 1965, and received a CBE in 1961. After Richards’ death, major exhibitions of his work were held in Cardiff, Chichester and London.

People

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Places

Subjects

piano, composer, classical music, musician, pen, archery, male portrait, bird, eagle, stone/rock, bow, arrow, Greek mythology, chair

Materials & Techniques

screenprint

Artist

Ceri Richards (1903 - 1971)

Title

Prometheus II

Portfolio Title

The Beethoven Suite with Variations

Edition

25/60

Date

1970

Medium

Screenprint

Dimensions

height: 76.50 cm, width: 57.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Marlborough Fine Art, December 1974

Inscription

below image: 25/60 / Ceri Richards 70

GAC number

11753/7